Charities

Charitable Solicitations in West Virginia

The West Virginia Charitable Organizations Division registers and regulates charitable organizations, the professional solicitors, and the professional fund-raising counsels with whom they contract to assist in raising funds from the public.

The purposes of the division are to:

Protect the people of the state by requiring full public disclosure by persons and organizations who solicit funds from the public

Prevent deceptive and dishonest statements and conduct in the solicitation and reporting of such funds in the name of charity

Required disclosure includes the purposes for which such funds are solicited and how they are actually used.